1983 World Series of Poker

1983 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	May 3 – May 21
Champion
Tom McEvoy

The 1983 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held from May 9 to May 12, 1983, at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$2,500 Ace to Five Draw	David Angel	$46,250	Mike Cox
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	David Baxter	$145,500	Richard Klamian
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split	Artie Cobb	$52,000	David Singer
$800 Mixed Doubles	Jim Doman & Donna Doman	$10,000	Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Stud	Ken Flaton	$62,000	Stu Ungar
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Carolyn Gardner	$16,000	Kim Bye
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em	Buster Jackson	$124,000	Rick Hamil
$2,500 Match Play	Berry Johnston	$40,000	Ray Zee
$1,000 Seven Card Razz	John Lukas	$43,000	Buddy McIntosh
$1,000 Limit Hold'em	Tom McEvoy	$117,000	Donnacha O'Dea
$1,000 Limit Omaha	David Sklansky	$25,500	Perry Green
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw	Don Todd	$49,500	Richard Stone
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Stu Ungar	$110,000	Dewey Tomko
$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	Dick Carson	$105,000	Jack Straus
$1,000 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em	Ted Binion	$10,000	unknown

Main Event

There were 108 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 9 players finishing in the money. Doyle Brunson fell just short in his attempt to win the main event for what would have been a record-tying third time when he finished third. Rod Peate and Tom McEvoy went on to play the longest heads-up match in World Series history until 2006. The match lasted over seven hours. McEvoy emerged victorious becoming the first player to win the main event via a satellite tournament. Donnacha O'Dea was the first foreign player ever to place in the money at the WSOP.

Final table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Tom McEvoy	$540,000
2nd	Rod Peate	$216,000
3rd	Doyle Brunson	$108,000
4th	Carl McKelvey	$54,000
5th	Robert Geers	$54,000
6th	Donnacha O'Dea	$43,200
7th	'Austin Squatty' John Jenkins	$21,600
8th	R.R. Pennington	$21,600
9th	George Huber	$21,600